Written Answers

Friday 4 August 2000

Scottish Executive

Justice

Michael Matheson (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many fiscal fines were issued by each Procurator Fiscal’s office in (a) 1997-98, (b) 1998-99 and (c) 1999-2000 and how many of the fiscal fines issued by each office were fully paid in each of these years.

Neil Davidson: The total number of conditional offers of fixed penalty ("fiscal fines") issued by each Procurator Fiscal’s office during the years to which the question refers was as follows:

  





Apr 97–Mar 98 
  

Apr 98–Mar 99 
  

Apr 99–Mar 2000 
  



Aberdeen 
  

 1,136 
  

 1,527 
  

 1,470 
  



Airdrie 
  

 1,781 
  

 1,858 
  

 1,464 
  



Alloa 
  

 458 
  

 425 
  

 255 
  



Arbroath 
  

 266 
  

 383 
  

 202 
  



Ayr 
  

 934 
  

 1,247 
  

 1,058 
  



Banff 
  

 127 
  

 315 
  

 250 
  



Campbeltown 
  

 102 
  

 142 
  

 136 
  



Cupar 
  

 180 
  

 213 
  

 166 
  



Dingwall 
  

 207 
  

 276 
  

 212 
  



Dornoch 
  

 26 
  

 47 
  

 37 
  



Dumbarton 
  

 804 
  

 809 
  

 832 
  



Dumfries 
  

 566 
  

 1,034 
  

 689 
  



Dundee 
  

 1,389 
  

 1,036 
  

 1,523 
  



Dunfermline 
  

 623 
  

 555 
  

 557 
  



Dunoon 
  

 154 
  

 209 
  

 196 
  



Duns 
  

 22 
  

 6 
  

 10 
  



Edinburgh 
  

 1,562 
  

 1,397 
  

 1,310 
  



Elgin 
  

 455 
  

 553 
  

 468 
  



Falkirk 
  

 867 
  

 965 
  

 699 
  



Forfar 
  

 338 
  

 195 
  

 221 
  



Fort William 
  

 118 
  

 150 
  

 215 
  



Glasgow 
  

 12,802 
  

 13,640 
  

 11,244 
  



Greenock 
  

 1,126 
  

 1,019 
  

 823 
  



Haddington 
  

 77 
  

 119 
  

 89 
  



Hamilton 
  

 2,491 
  

 2,848 
  

 3,070 
  



Inverness 
  

 837 
  

 883 
  

 819 
  



Jedburgh 
  

 168 
  

 293 
  

 204 
  



Kilmarnock 
  

 1,116 
  

 1,861 
  

 1,973 
  



Kirkcaldy 
  

 336 
  

 538 
  

 399 
  



Kirkcudbright 
  

 153 
  

 79 
  

 73 
  



Kirkwall 
  

 88 
  

 68 
  

 71 
  



Lanark 
  

 580 
  

 526 
  

 358 
  



Lerwick 
  

 59 
  

 90 
  

 131 
  



Linlithgow 
  

 532 
  

 696 
  

 585 
  



Lochmaddy 
  

 22 
  

 40 
  

 50 
  



Oban 
  

 107 
  

 142 
  

 136 
  



Paisley 
  

 1,395 
  

 1,349 
  

 1,120 
  



Peebles 
  

 5 
  

 19 
  

 51 
  



Perth 
  

 719 
  

 728 
  

 579 
  



Peterhead 
  

 281 
  

 251 
  

 112 
  



Portree 
  

 75 
  

 80 
  

 68 
  



Rothesay 
  

 45 
  

 57 
  

 23 
  



Selkirk 
  

 181 
  

 207 
  

 185 
  



Stirling 
  

 452 
  

 410 
  

 413 
  



Stonehaven 
  

 106 
  

 130 
  

 102 
  



Stornoway 
  

 74 
  

 160 
  

 167 
  



Stranraer 
  

 19 
  

 170 
  

 111 
  



Tain 
  

 135 
  

 293 
  

 226 
  



Wick 
  

 105 
  

 212 
  

 177 
  



TOTALS 
  

36,201 
  

40,250 
  

35,329 
  



  Information regarding the number of fiscal fines issued by each office which were fully paid in each of these years is not available.